So, the publication program was born with the series precolumbian art and archaeology. Dallas museum of art a guide to the collection this. Olmec jade mask, dumbarton oaks museum, washington dc. This building is comprised of eight circular domed galleries, with an openair fountain at the center, all set within a perfect square. Home resources publications search our books a study of olmec iconography dumbarton oaks studies in precolumbian art and archaeology a study of olmec iconography. Taube has also provided an extensive introduction to the olmec and to scholarship on the olmec. Velazquez castro dumbarton oaks research library and collection washington, d.
In the late 1950s, robert bliss began to plan a permanent home for the precolumbian collection. Olmec jade mask, dumbarton oaks museum, washington dc saved from images. Over time joralemons viewpoint has become the predominant exposition of the olmec pantheon. Dumbarton oaks houses the extraordinary art collection begun by mildred and. Objects from the precolumbian collection are on display in the philip johnson pavilion, which opened to the public in 1963. It was the residence and garden of robert woods bliss 18751962 and his wife mildred barnes bliss 18791969. The olmec holdings form an important part of the larger collection of precolumbian art acquired by dumbarton oaks patron, robert woods bliss, during the middle decades of the twentieth century. It illustrates all thirtynine olmec art objects in color plates and includes many complementary and comparative blackandwhite illustrations and drawings. Socalled jaguarhuman copulation scenes in olmec art volume 43 issue 3 whitney davis. Back side of olmec maize god in headdress of dumbarton oaks statuette.
Probing nanoscale ferroelectricity by ultraviolet raman. It superbly illustrates all 3 andean objects in color plates, and includes many complementary and comparative blackandwhite illustrations and drawings. Dumbarton oaks conference on the olmec, october 28th and 29th, 1967. Olmec art at dumbarton oaks presents the olmec portion of the robert woods bliss collection of precolumbian art. Dumbarton oaks trustees for harvard university, 1971. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Dumbarton oaks research library and collection harvard. A study of olmec iconography studies in precolumbian art and archaeology 7. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Andean art at dumbarton oaks presents the andean portion of the robert woods bliss collection of precolumbian art. The main personage sitting on the cloud throne has a large head with an incised hairstyle, and his oversized ears have drilled lobes, presumably for. The study of olmec religion, however, is still in its infancy and any list of olmec supernaturals or deities can be neither definitive nor comprehensive. Olmec jades are the most beautiful stones worked in mesoamerica.
East asian features are evident in this olmec mask. The wrestler is a basalt statuette, which some believe to be one of the most important sculptures of the olmec culture. Located in georgetown and bequeathed by robert woods bliss and mildred barnes bliss, dumbarton oaks. A cylinder seal and carved greenstone plaque bearing glyphs dating to. These origin theories typically involve contact with old world societies. Dumbarton oaks research library and collection, washington, 1968. Maya art, virginia fields 1991 makes no mention of an. Fifty years later, in robert woods bliss collection. Assembled by robert woods bliss between 1935 and 1962, the collection is historically important, as it was one of the first to be established on the. Dumbarton oaks and the olmec aboriginal history, ancient.
Olmec stone mask if youre seeing this message, it means were having trouble loading external resources on our website. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Dumbarton oaks research library and collection, 2004. The olmec civilization thrived from about 1500 bce to about 400 bce in southern mexico near the gulf of mexico. Dumbarton oaks studies in precolumbian art and archaeology. The near lifesize figure has been praised not only for its realism and sense of energy, but also for its aesthetic qualities. Pdf cross stitch pattern queen nefertiti last photo shows how it looks like the finished piece with your purchase you will receive. A pdf pattern with black and white symbols a pdf pattern with. Please read our short guide how to send a book to kindle. Olmec culture, including art, influenced later cultures including the mayan, toltecs, and mexicasaztecs.
In olmec art of ancient mexico, scholar david joralemon identified the distinctive shape of the throne as a cloud motif, similar to monumental reliefs carved at the site of chalcatzingo, morelos. Kent reilly las limas monument 1 often referred to as the rosetta stone of olmec religion 22 in high 16 in wide, weight 2 lb. Bronze sculpture sculpture art jaguar aboriginal history mesoamerican history. Dumbarton oaks is a historic estate in the georgetown neighborhood of washington, d. The classification of negro, black codes, jim crowe, the. These artifacts, which predate others containing writing, reveal that the key aspects of the mesoamerican scripts were present in olmec writing. Jun 21, 2015 olmec jade mask, dumbarton oaks museum, washington dc. Ancient maya art at dumbarton oaks joanne pillsbury. He chose the architect philip johnson to design a structure that would be appropriate for the collection and that would complement the byzantine gallery and surrounding gardens at dumbarton oaks.
I followed this procedure on a selection of olmec jade and quartz carvings in smithsonian. In this paper, i attempt to clarify the significance of insectiforms in olmec style art and writing. In 1975, the advisory committee for precolumbian art similarly was renamed the advisory committee for precolumbian studies. Taube dumbarton oaks research library and collection washington, d. The first dumbarton oaks precolumbian conference, dumbarton oaks conference on the olmec, in 1967 focused on the collections strong olmec examples, with new information provided from field work by coe and a university of california team.
Composed of curving glass walls, illinois agatan marble columns, radial teak floors, and rims of mottled green vermont marble, the. Dumbarton oaks research library and collection, washington, d. To accomplish this task, i analyze all documented examples of insectlike forms in olmec style art and detail their possible meaning in light of both contextual data and mesoamerican analogs from the classic and late postclassic periods. If youre behind a web filter, please make sure that the domains. Using the dumbarton oaks tlazolteotl sculpture as a case study, the article presents the results. Twentyone papers on the olmec were written for this volume in tribute to.
Other volumes focus on objects from the andes and from the olmec and maya civilizations of eastern mesoamerica. Olmec alternative origin speculations are nonmainstream theories that have been suggested for the formation of olmec civilization which contradict generally accepted scholarly consensus. Search for library items search for lists search for contacts search for a library. As karl taube discusses in detail in this volume of precolumbian art at dumbarton oaks, olmec jades are the most beautiful stones worked in mesoamerica. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. This volume, the third in a series of catalogues of precolumbian art at dumbarton oaks, presents the outstanding collection of aztec, mixtec, zapotec, teotihuacan, and classic veracruz sculpture, jewelry, and painting. Diehl and others published olmec art at dumbarton oaks. Olmec babies as early portraiture in the americas the.
Insectiforms in olmecstyle art and writing the post hole. Ancient mexican art at dumbarton oaks susan toby evans. Dumbarton oaks other titles in precolumbian studies the olmec and their neighbors essays in memory of matthew w. Based on the comprehensive study of one of the most important collections of maya art in the united states, ancient maya art at dumbarton oaks is a scholarly introduction to one of the great traditions of sculpture and painting in ancient america. As karl taube discusses in detail in this volume of precolumbian art at dumbarton oaks. Some how the only stories that have been told has been done from a slave point of view. The dumbarton oaks research library and collection was founded here by the bliss couple, who gave the property to harvard university in 1940. Stirling, pioneer archaeologist, ethnologist, and the discoverer of the olmec civilization. Socalled jaguarhuman copulation scenes in olmec art. Dumbarton oaks trustees for harvard university washington, d. The world watched as art was produced to single handedly exclude the copper colored aboriginal people to be stripped of their land, culture, tribal name and identity. Twentyone papers on the olmec were written for this volume in tribute to matthew w. Olmec art catalogs, olmecsantiquities, robert woods bliss collection of precolumbian art, dumbarton oaks catalogs, mixe languagecognate words, zoque languagephonolog. The history of the native peoples of the americasmesoamerican culturesbibliography.